a camera editing question

[David24]

i have seen threads about this topic everywhere but they are unresolved. i am hoping this one wont be but to cut to the chase-

how do you edit driving veiws in nr2003? i've seen small edits like on nnracing and i've always wondered how they did it and i would like to do it myself.

any help is appreciated : D

 

[riviera71]

A program called gplcarcam will (despite it's name) let you edit the cameras. I used this a long time ago to edit a roofcam but I'm not sure how I did it anymore .
Then there's another one called nrcamhack that I think works too but I've never used it.

 

[David24]

well that got me one step further...GPL CarCam Editor

is that what your talking about?^

do you have any idea where the car cameras are for NR2003? (what folder they are in?)

 

[riviera71]

I think it's a file that is hidden inside the "series".dat (for instance cot.dat if it's the COT mod you want to tinker with) called make_a_xxx.cam where xxx is gns, cts or pta. If the mod you want to change the camera for is based on cup physics it's only called make_a.cam.
To be able to edit the .cam file you'll first need to unpack the "series".dat with WINMIP 2. That will create a folder called Unpack in the series/COT folder and inside Unpack you'll find the .cam file.

Once you're done editing you don't have to pack everything up again, just leave the .cam file in the series (ie COT folder if that's what you're editing) and nr2k3 will use the .cam file outside the dat file first

 

[David24]

sweet. i've been playing around with this, and it seems that i can only edit the Front and Roof cams. i cant move the chase, far chase, and cockpit views (not that i want to edit the cockpit view)

-there is nothing to edit with the front cam because it only has the view you see, no car behind you. and same with the cockpit view. it is just a cockpit and i think some of the front of the car (i used nrcamhack when i had XP, doesnt work on Vista )

so basically i can only edit the roof. i've got it in a good position to where if you had a super hi-res template you could see the little logos when using the roof cam.

in the attached picture is the new roof view and i circled in pink the camera on the car (only the model) and the pink lines are where i think we could put sponsors when painting a car and they may turn out pretty well (readable) tell me what you think and i'll post the roof cam.

 

[Kevmire]

Hey I like it! Can you hook me up?